At the end of Indiana’s season, Trayce Jackson-Davis’ mind was essentially much made up. In his own words, he was “almost dead set” on hiring an agent and entering the NBA draft. His two-year career at Indiana would’ve come to an uninspiring close.
But after Archie Miller was fired, Jackson-Davis wanted to give the new coach a chance, so he waited. Two weeks later, Mike Woodson was hired.
After an initial meeting with Woodson, Jackson-Davis liked what he heard. His parents, on the other hand, were still skeptical about him returning for a third year. So Jackson-Davis invited his parents down to Bloomington to have a conversation with Woodson.